Positive Non Violence

SR No.: 006917
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Kanhaiyalal Lodha, Dalpatsingh Baya
Publisher: Prakrit Bharti Academy
Publication Year: 2011
Total Pages: 344
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 5 MB

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destructive karmas have already been destroyed and separated and the remaining non-destructive karmas are also without any power to do Him any harm because they have no power over Him. Such a power is derived from the sense of belongingness that the fully detached Lord has already shed fully and unequivocally. Therefore, the belief that punya is bad, it binds, it results in increase in worldly transmigration, is harmful, is deplorable, is abandonable, etc., is baseless and false. Actually punya aids liberation and once liberation is achieved it separates from the soul on its own. No effort or religious practice or ritual observance is required to achieve its separation. However, it must be remembered that punya as the practical form of virtues is just a means and not an end in itself. To consider the meritorious activities as end in themselves is to consider the means as the end, which is erroneous. The spiritual aspirant must always be vigilant to guard against this error. Activity by itself is not life. It is the volition of renunciation inherent in the pious activity that makes it live. We must never forget this.
What is meant here is that the natural qualities of compassion, forgiveness, simplicity, etc., are partially present in every human being and kindness, charity, etc., are only the practical manifestations of these natural qualities. Emphasising this very fact that while commenting on the third topic 'Dharma Sraddhā' in the twenty-ninth chapter of the Uttarādhyayana sūtra, entitled 'Samyakatva Parākrama', Ācārya Śrī Jawāharlālji M.S. had said that no living being is devoid of dharma. This comment by the Ācāryaśrī is in accordance with the precept that the basic nature of anything or any being is its dharma (Vatthusahāvo dhammo).
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